Key takeaways The ability to get detailed views of distant objects in space is limited by the telescope size, so the sharpest ...

Quasi-moons are not real moons and don't actually orbit the Earth, although they sometimes appear to do so for short periods of time, Phil Nicholson, professor of astronomy at Cornell University, told ...

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The Vera C. Rubin observatory will host a “first look” event at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, June 23. You can watch it live right here. reading time 3 minutes A state-of-the-art telescope nearly 25 years in ...

'This challenges current models of disk chemistry and evolution' Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a strange disk of gas and dust around an infant star that ...

US telescope prices will likely increase due to high tariffs on Chinese-made parts. Most telescope manufacturing is in China, making price increases unavoidable. Smaller telescope companies may ...

You don’t need a telescope to enjoy the night sky—not when your phone can show exactly what’s overhead. With the right app, just point your device at a patch of stars and get names instantly, or track ...